(CTA)], convenient and easy-to-use bus and elevated/subway train lines. The #3 King Drive bus runs down Michigan Avenue and stops at McCormick Place. Cash fares are $2.25 per person, and discount visitor passes are sold at various sales outlets throughout the city. For more information, visit www.transitchicago.com

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of the city’s most popular museums, shopping

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Visit the ALA and City of Chicago microsite for more information. [http://www.choosechicago.com/ALA2009/Pages/default.aspx]

Visit the ALA and City of Chicago microsite for more information. [http://www.choosechicago.com/ALA2009/Pages/default.aspx]

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Per the McCormick Place [http://www.mccormickplace.com/FAQs/FAQs_visitors.html web site], "Bike racks are located at Gate 3 of the South Building (on Martin Luther King Drive), at Gate 40 of the West Building (on Indiana Avenue), at Gate 38 of Lakeside Center and on the walkway beside the sky bridge connecting the South Building and Lakeside Center (East Building)."

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Public Transportation in Chicago

Bus and El

Chicago offers the [http://www.transitchicago.com/ Chicago Transit Authority
(CTA)], convenient and easy-to-use bus and elevated/subway train lines. The #3 King Drive bus runs down Michigan Avenue and stops at McCormick Place. Cash fares are $2.25 per person, and discount visitor passes are sold at various sales outlets throughout the city. For more information, visit www.transitchicago.com

Taxis are numerous and easy to use. (about $35 from O'Hare, and $25 from Midway)

Free Trolleys

Free trolleys travel between Navy Pier and State
Street along Grand and Illinois. From Memorial
Day to Labor Day, downtown free trolleys run
every 20 minutes, carrying passengers to some
of the city’s most popular museums, shopping
destinations, and attractions.

NOTE: As of 2009, all free trolley service in Chicago has been discontinued

ALA Shuttle Bus Service

Free shuttle buses, sponsored by Gale
Cengage Learning, will operate between
all participating hotels and the McCormick
Place West during the conference. Service
will also be provided for attendees with
disabilities. Shuttle bus service schedules
with daily pickup times, locations and destinations
will be published in Cognotes (the
daily newspaper of the conference) and will
be available onsite. Don’t forget to stop by
their booth and say thanks for the lift!

Per the McCormick Place web site, "Bike racks are located at Gate 3 of the South Building (on Martin Luther King Drive), at Gate 40 of the West Building (on Indiana Avenue), at Gate 38 of Lakeside Center and on the walkway beside the sky bridge connecting the South Building and Lakeside Center (East Building)."